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Acquired is a podcast created and hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. The series tells the histories and strategies of major companies through long-form episodes designed as narrative investigations rather than commentary on current news. Its recurring question is why one company worked spectacularly while many others failed.

Strategy · Company history · Technology

Afrofeeling is an Afro-optimistic media platform highlighting talent, companies, cultures and initiatives from across Africa. It combines a magazine, directory, events calendar, videos and podcasts to make people and expertise more visible across subjects including business, design, tourism, culture, food and wellbeing.

African entrepreneurship · Culture · Leadership

The All-In Podcast brings together Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg for conversations about business, technology and society. Born when their weekly poker game was interrupted during the pandemic, the program combines discussions among the four hosts with guest interviews.

Business · Technology · Society

BG2 is an open-source podcast about technology, markets, investing and capitalism. It is hosted by Brad Gerstner, founder and CEO of Altimeter, and Bill Gurley, a former general partner at Benchmark. Episodes combine market analysis, strategic readings of the technology industry and conversations with business leaders.

Technology · Markets · Investing

Cleo Abram publishes Huge If True, a video journalism series about technologies and scientific advances that may shape the future. Its format combines deep explanations, visual reporting and critical optimism. The same channel also hosts HUGE* Conversations, a long-form interview format.

Technology · Science · Artificial intelligence

The Computer History Museum is a Silicon Valley institution that examines computing’s ongoing impact on the world. Its mission is to decode the computing past, digital present and technology’s future impact on humanity. It pursues that work through research, exhibits, events, and an extensive collection of artifacts and stories.

Computing history · Archives · Oral history

Founders Connect is a media platform created by Peace Itimi to document the journeys of African and Black founders, operators and innovators around the world. It began with extended YouTube interviews and expanded into documentaries, public events and a community connecting the technology ecosystem with the people building it.

African startups · Founder journeys · Technology

Huberman Lab is a podcast created in 2021 by neuroscientist Andrew Huberman. The series explains how the brain and body shape perception, behavior and health, then connects those mechanisms to tools people can apply in daily life. Its coverage includes sleep, neuroplasticity, focus, motivation, mental health, physical fitness and recovery.

Neuroscience · Sleep · Neuroplasticity

The Joe Rogan Experience, commonly shortened to JRE, is a long-form video conversation podcast hosted by Joe Rogan. Launched on December 24, 2009, it welcomes guests from fields including research, culture, sport and entrepreneurship. Its official video episodes are published on the PowerfulJRE YouTube channel.

Long-form conversations · Science · Technology

Lex Fridman Podcast is an interview series hosted by Lex Fridman. It brings together scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, artists, historians and public figures for extended conversations about technology, artificial intelligence, science, philosophy, history, business and the human condition.

Artificial intelligence · Technology · Science

Modern Wisdom is an interview podcast hosted by Chris Williamson. The series invites researchers, authors, entrepreneurs, athletes and practitioners to examine useful ideas about behavior, performance, relationships, health and society. Its long-form episodes favor explanation and conversation, allowing each guest to develop a method beyond an isolated clip or slogan.

Psychology · Performance · Communication

No Priors is an artificial-intelligence podcast co-hosted by Sarah Guo and Elad Gil. The series speaks with engineers, researchers, founders and executives to examine the state of research, markets likely to be transformed, and AI’s effects on business, culture and society.

Artificial intelligence · Research · Startups

On Purpose with Jay Shetty is a podcast about meaning, relationships, wellbeing and living and working with greater intention. Jay Shetty combines extended conversations with experts, entrepreneurs, artists and public figures with solo episodes and thematic collections organized around love, the self, service and work.

Purpose and intention · Relationships · Wellbeing

Scale with Ouss is Oussama Ammar’s editorial and educational program about scaling companies. Its live sessions, guides and courses primarily address leaders who want to turn a business that still depends on their constant presence into an organization built around explicit systems, distributed responsibility and, in its most recent material, artificial-intelligence agents.

Business scaling · Operating systems · Customer acquisition

Sequoia Capital partners with founders as they build companies from idea to IPO and beyond. Alongside its investment work, the organization publishes perspectives, company stories, podcasts and video conversations about technology, entrepreneurship and the decisions that shape a company through its official website and channel.

Entrepreneurship · Venture capital · Company building

Stanford Graduate School of Business is Stanford University’s graduate business school. Its mission combines creating ideas that advance the understanding of management with developing innovative, principled and insightful leaders. Alongside its degree programs, Stanford GSB publishes research, podcasts, concise teaching formats and conversations with business leaders.

Management · Leadership · Entrepreneurship

Stanford Online is Stanford University’s online learning provider. Operated by the Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education, it connects a global audience with the teaching and research of Stanford faculty. Its offering includes credit-bearing courses, certificates and degrees, professional education, and free and open-access material.

Online learning · Engineering · Artificial intelligence

The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, or SIEPR, is Stanford’s institute for economic policy research. Founded in 1982, it produces and shares evidence-based knowledge intended to inform responses to major economic challenges. Its research and events connect scholars, policymakers, business leaders and the public.

Economic policy · Research · Innovation

Stripe builds programmable financial infrastructure that helps businesses accept payments, offer financial services and implement different revenue models. The company also publishes material for developers, founders and executives, including through its annual Stripe Sessions conference.

Payments · Financial infrastructure · Internet commerce

Talks at Google is a conversation series organized by teams at Google and released freely as video. Launched in 2006, the program hosts authors, researchers, artists, entrepreneurs, public leaders and other practitioners for long-form discussions in front of company employees. The channel functions as a multidisciplinary archive rather than a podcast centered on one permanent host.

Books · Research · Entrepreneurship